Recent Advances in Crop Physiology Vol. 1

by Amrit Lal Singh

ISBN: 9789351304746
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 14995.00
Biblio : xii+445p., col.plts.,figs.,tabls.,ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Amrit Lal Singh, Principal Scientist, Plant Physiology at the Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat obtained his M.Sc. (Botany) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Ph.D. in Botany from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He worked on the biological nitrogen fixation by Azolla-Anabaena complex and blue green algal biofertilizers and demonstrated their use in rice. Dr. Singh, joined ICAR as an ARS Scientist in Plant Physiology, in January 1985 and since then working on the various aspects of crop physiology. He is the life member of more than a dozen of scientific societies and published more than 150 research papers, 25 review articles and book chapters, several books manual, and technology bulletins.

About The Book

Global food demand is expected to be doubled by 2050, while production, environment and natural resources are shrinking and deteriorating. Inadequate attention to agriculture across the larger part of the world has led to steep rise in food prices and increased food riots pushing about 100 million more people into poverty. More than one billion people already are earning less than one dollar a day, and 842 million are suffering from hunger. The climate change and diversion of arable lands to urbanization and industrialization has further aggravated food crisis. On the other hand, with recent technologies, there is tremendous development in agriculture and productivity during the last two decades and it is hoped that with ingenuity, determination and innovative partnerships among everyone, we can meet the food needs of 9 billion people by 2050 without harming our planet. Using tools and technologies that allow farmers to apply nutrients more precisely at lower cost, improved seeds with less water and nutrients, new fertilizers, site specific nutrient management, effectively placed wetlands and buffers, and cover crops, we can meet the intertwined needs of environmental sustainability and rising food demand. However, all these informations are scattered and need to be compiled and circulated widely. This book “Recent Advances in Crop Physiology Vol. 1” is an effort in this direction, which will act as a reference for directly implementing the technologies and to help the researchers for planning their future research.

Table of Contents

Foreword v <BR> Preface vii <BR> 1. Physiology of Groundnut under Water Deficit Stress 1 <BR> 2. Climate Change and Agriculture 87 <BR> 3. Sugarcane Physiology under Abiotic Stress Environments 159 <BR> 4. Terminal Heat and Wheat Production in India 199 <BR> 5. Nitric Oxide in Plants: Sources, Methods of Detection and Role as Signaling Agent in Plant Responses to Biotic Stresses 261 <BR> 6. Salicylic Acid: A Key to Regulate Drought Stress in Chickpea 279 <BR> 7. Production of Secondary Metabolites from Medicinal Plants 299 <BR> 8. Phytoremediation of Cadmium through Sorghum 311 <BR> 9. Physiology of Floral Malformation in Mango 343 <BR> 10. Recent Advances in Alteration of Fatty Acid Composition and Protein Quality of Major Edible Oil Seed Crops 359 <BR> 11. Sugarcane Yield Plateaus and Potentials under Tropical and <BR> Subtropical India 395 <BR> Index 439